Focusing on the inner balance and energy in one's body, Naturopathy is the alternative healing science that uses natural elements to look for the cause and then treat accordingly against just curing the symptoms of the disorder.

Ayurveda is the traditional, holistic healing science which comprises of two words, Ayur and Veda. Originating from Sanskrit language, the word 'Ayur' means life while 'Veda' stands for knowledge or science combining to signify 'The Science of Life'.

Developed over 5000 years ago in a bid to develop a philosophy to help people achieve a balanced state of body, mind as well as spirit, yoga in India gained popularity all over the world with yoga practices leading one’s body to its...

If yoga is the ancient science that propagates an art of balanced living where an individual's physical, mental and spiritual come into perfect harmony; meditation is that extension of yoga that leads to oneness with one's mind.

Spa treatments are one of the best ways to rejuvenate oneself and pamper your body by stimulating its senses. Using exotic oils and rare, natural herbs with great medicinal properties, spas have a calming effect on you.

Focusing on the inner balance and energy in one's body, Naturopathy is the alternative healing science that uses natural elements to look for the cause and then treat accordingly against just curing the symptoms of the disorder.

Ayurveda is the traditional, holistic healing science which comprises of two words, Ayur and Veda. Originating from Sanskrit language, the word 'Ayur' means life while 'Veda' stands for knowledge or science combining to signify 'The Science of Life'.

Kerala Ayurveda

Kerala, known as the land of Ayurveda is known for its exotic Ayurveda tradition that easily attracts thousands of visitors every year to get rejuvenation and benefits from this 5000-year old science. Kerala is one state in India which has not only treasured and sustained one of the oldest natural sciences present in the world but also contributed to nurture and develop it. Some of the popular Kerala Ayurvedic procedures include Sirodhara, Pizhichil, Navarakizhi, Thalapothichil, Pachakizhi and Podikizhi.

Apart from offering treatments to various lifestyle disorders, Ayurveda, as a concept, works on finding a harmonious balance between human and nature. Also mentioned in traditional Indian texts such as Upanishads, Vedas, Bhagavat Gita, Ayurveda states that the human body is composed of five basic elements, also known as Panchabhutas. Ayurveda describes perfect health as a state in which one's body is free of all sorts of imbalance between your doshas, dhatus and malas and your metabolism rate is perfectly in sync with the harmony between your body, mind and soul.

Traditionally, Ayurveda was known to be dominated particularly by eight families, also called Ashtavaidyas (Eight physicians), who held specialization in one of the eight branches of Ayurveda respectively. They developed traditional treatment therapies including Dhara, Pizhichil, Dharapati and Njavarakizhi. Even now, there are certain families in Kerala that hail from these traditional Ashtayaidyas families and offer traditional Ayurvedic therapies and massages. NaturOville has some of its therapists that belong to these traditional experts' families too.

In the times Ayurveda was thriving in Kerala, a number of temples in Kerala also became healing centres due to influence of Buddhism. Marcopolo, the great Italian explorer always mentioned physicians from Kerala with great admiration.

Massages are one of the most popular Ayurveda techniques Kerala boasts of for long. Here, massaging is used as a therapy to invoke ultimate rejuvenation as well as means to cure aches, develop immunity and cleanse impurities from blood circulation.

Kerala Ayurveda tradition also has an advanced form of massage therapy, known as Marma Chikilsa. Slightly similar to the Chinese acupuncture in procedure, this is used by Kerala's martial art experts in order to enhance flexibility.

In addition to that, the Ayurveda experts in Kerala also have unique traditional treatments in curing snake-bites, fever, epilepsy and smallpox among other infectious fevers. A number of all-inclusive treatises have been written over traditional Ayurveda by Kerala physicians that are still looked at as the ultimate reference for Ayurveda theory. Some of these books include Rasavaiseshikam, Rasopanishat, Tantrayukthivichara, and Vaidyamanorama to name a few.